Rankings, Lotus Notes, Bad Work-life
Rankings, Lotus Notes, Bad Work-life
- Annual cost-of-living adjustments to salary.
- Bonuses for not smoking and being active.
Managers were forced to rank all team members, with the top 10% getting raises and good reviews and the remainder getting as little as a 1% raise.
Lotus Notes sucks.
IBM talks a good game. It went from "Work-Life Balance" initiatives to "Work-Life Integration". Most employees in the software division I worked in were expected to check email and resolve bugs in the evening hours, daily.
It's too late. IBM is on a major and under-reported layoff. Most layoffs are done in small numbers through the year to avoid media attention.
Modernize your tools – get off mainframe already!
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